Hey guys, looking for some advice here. I've recently started promoting my new website - Today I Lol'd It's going fairly well, but I need to promote in new ways. I've already created a facebook page and twitter account. I've also blogged about it. I've put it on my sigs on a few forums, and some friends have kindly done the same. Is there much else I can do? I don't really have much money right now so paying for stuff won't be easy. Every little helps, so I'd appreciate anything you guys have to say. Feel free to join and/or submit some stories by the way, I think it's the kind of site everyone can enjoy.
There are plenty of oppotunities to promote your web easliy and effectively. i advice you to use press release and using RSS feed
My advice, get a better web design and put Facebook Connect there. Make a group or app in Facebook and go to offtopic.com forum.
I agree on the design, personally i find it too bright. I don't find the text so pleasant to read, maybe another font? Post in the review section to get it reviewed for some suggestions on design. Marketing: Facebook fan-pages are great, a little tool called Static fbml gets you a long way costumizing. Now i didn't sign up for an account so i don't know if you already have this, but a newsletter once in a while(every week or every 2nd week maybe?) with the latest stories and top stories since last newsletter. SEO'ing the right keywords may be a way too - link exchanging with joke sites maybe. Good luck
And maybe make a competition where the best submitted story wins. May attract more and better quality stories.